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in The Merchant of Venice proves to be quite willful, openly defiant of her Orthodox Jewish father Shylock in her elopement with t...
on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...
essence, this is seen as "feminine and shrewd" (Rusche). From this description we can begin to understand that Gertrude may wel...
his foul and most unnatural murther" (I.v.29). Hamlet will need all of his inner resources to successfully meet this crisis, for ...
and forces him to become more active and seek confirmation and possibility revenge (Bevington 3). This response is seen in Hamle...
and will stop at nothing to satisfy his ambition, even if it means killing his brother: "A murtherer and a villain! / A slave that...
in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III....
subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...
is murdered, his mother Queen Gertrude remarries Hamlet Sr.s brother Claudius only three months after her husbands slaying, and Ha...
see that vengeance is in order. That is another classic theme in humanity. If someone were to have killed one of our parents we wo...
Had they employed reason by waiting for the light of day, perhaps they would not have rushed into love, marriage, and ultimately, ...
a Denmark in decay, resulting from the marriage between Claudius and Gertrude, which enables the cunning brother to seize the thro...
tells Hamlet that "So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear" (I, v). Hamlet is confused and surprised, and he then learns that...
that only involved royalty and their pursuit of power. Bearing these conditions in mind we present the following paper which exami...
and situations in black and white terms. Therefore, he is less tolerant of sin and more judgmental then his Danish counterpart. Wh...
who informs him that he was murdered, that we note a change in Hamlet that begins to involve serious acting. In this simple exa...
truly a message or morality play determined to convey the fact that none of the material goods any human being (or "every man") ac...
In five pages this paper analyzes the character of Ophelia and the role she plays in this tragedy in terms of how other characters...
In ten pages this paper discusses Ophelia's deteriorating mental condition as she slowly inches towards madness. There is the inc...
In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of Shakespeare's innovative portrayal of the tragic protagonist. There is t...
In eleven pages this paper examines the revenge of Shakespeare's tragic protagonist and how his being caught between acting and hi...
Ophelia in the process. The burden of these struggles is more than the emotionally fragile prince can bear, and when he utters th...
five-act pattern. The setup creates the plays "world", introduces us to the characters, and lays the groundwork for some of the c...
In six pages this paper analyzes the importance of Claudius to this William Shakespeare tragedy and also considers how his charact...
In five pages this paper discusses the play's second scene in Act II and the first scene in Act III in a consideration of the func...
In five pages the dramatic structures and themes are compared in this examination of a trio of William Shakespeare's plays. Two s...
In two pages this essay reviews the Gibson film adaptation and the writer includes a personal reaction....
In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares how women's roles are depicted in these two classic works of literature. Five so...
In eight pages these tragic heroes created by William Shakespeare and Sophocles are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are ci...
In five pages this paper compares Sophocles' Oedipus Rex with the plays by William Shakespeare in terms of their similarities and ...